Originally Posted by
Cheetah_SA
I accept that your intentions are not to disparage the experience but by using metaphors like "zoo" you invoke a lot of negative - and highly inappropriate - connotations. The animals are not fed, and they are free to roam over an area far bigger than Wales. No one is pretending it isn't a managed wildlife park, but "zoo" is a very poor analogy IMHO.
Point taken - I'll take your (and others') sensitivities into account when using the z word going forward. Let me assure you that I absolutely LOVE the greater KNP (as well as some concessions closer to Jo'burg) and that I inevitably get a feeling of "so this must have been what paradise was like" when I'm there! ^